Low levels of Vitamin D might lead to cancer, a new study suggests.
According to the study, people with very low levels of vitamin D have higher risk of premature death from various causes including cancer. The research team said that vitamin D could play an important role in cancer prognosis
For the study, the researchers examined 26,018 patients. After the analysis, they found that during the study time-frame there were 6,695 deaths of which 2,624 were from cardiovascular diseases and 2,227 from cancer.
Researchers said that the latest findings reveal the importance of vitamin D and its relation to the prognosis of cancer. They said that while they "cannot exclude reverse causality, that is, that the cancer might have led to low vitamin D levels."
The findings also showed a dose-response relationship, even after accounting for participants with a history of heart disease and cancer.
Researchers said that the findings stated that hat having enough vitamin D should be of "high public health relevance".
The research team concluded that the latest study have linked the lowest levels of vitamin D "with increased all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, and cancer mortality (in subjects with a history of cancer)."
According to the researchers, the findings held true even after accounting for countries, sexes, age groups, and time of the year when blood tests were done and that "variation by geographic region, sex and season might need to be taken into account."
The findings were published in the journal BMJ-British Medical Journal.
